DC Visitor Center, Finally, & Saratoga New York Happening

After 6 years of construction, a new site to see on a visit to DC finally opens Dec 2...The Captiol Visitor Center! I'm excited because I've been walking past all of the massive construction for the past three years and now it will finally look nice! Just in time for me to move to a place where I no longer have to walk by it a lot. But it is good for everyone, and I'm happy. I just hope they preserve the grass. The fence was lower today that it has been before and now I'm afriad that it's going to look like some space-age construction. I think it should look old and dignified, to go with the character of the existing Cap Building.

And here's something a bit less high-brow, but entertaining nonetheless. This is a quote from a Gene Weingarten chat in the WaPo. I read them often but not religiously, looking for this kind of gem. CLOD means Clip of the Day.

"The second CLOD is a repeat from last week's update, because I want to make sure everyone has seen it. I cannot watch it, even repeatedly, without laughing. It is brilliant silent comedy, worthy of Chaplin, but the director here was a security camera. Note how the drunkenness of the participants contributes to the exaggeration of their movements. Note the use of cigarettes. Note everything. It's so great."

Hehe. :P